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Friday
First Lesson
2 Samuel 22:32-34, 44-51
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our
God?
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my
high places.
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,
thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I
knew not shall serve me.
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they
hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of
their close places.
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the
God of the rock of my salvation.
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people
under me,
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast
lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou
hast delivered me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the
heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy
to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
1st Lesson Questions -
The writer knew precisely what God had accomplished in his life. What has God accomplished in my life? What have I allowed Him to do? What roadblocks have I set up, that keep Him from doing His work? RESOLVE.
Second Lesson
Acts 4:1-12
1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain
of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through
Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the
Next
day: for it was now eventide.
4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the
number of the men was about five thousand.
5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders,
and scribes,
6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander,
and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered
together at Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what
power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye
rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent
man, by what means he is made whole;
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel,
that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified,
whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand
here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Which of the 7 deadly sins (Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth) were at work with the rulers and elders of Israel? RESOLVE.